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Field Trip Information

The ForestSAT field trip to the Austin Cary Forest will provide participants with a hands-on learning experience through a series of interactive stations highlighting key aspects of southern forest ecosystems and management. Stations will cover southern forest structure and dynamics, prescribed fire practices and their role in ecosystem resilience, ongoing flux tower research for carbon, water, and energy exchange, and live demonstrations of state-of-the-art remote sensing technologies. The trip will also feature demonstrations of advanced terrestrial and mobile laser scanning systems, including cutting-edge LiDAR solutions from RIEGL, showcasing their applications in forest structure characterization, biomass estimation, and ecosystem monitoring.